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Seriously why walk under there at night?


It's like a child talking to a stranger in a long coat. There's some things you just don't do.

It should've been a part of the film to show it in a more open area to illustrate how easy rape can happen in places you'd least expect it to.

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That was a theme of the movie, that the future is laid out, yes. But even at that.. I mean c'mon. No sense of caution.

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Welp, she'll never make the same mistake again, I'll tell you that much.

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She was overly capricious that nothing would happen. You could tell by her body language that she didn't have a worry that something negative could ever happen to her, because it never had before. She was so happy and unknowing in the "first" (last) scene in the film.

After the rape (if she survived), her entire belief system would change. She'd be completely traumatized, and I doubt she'd ever even leave the house again. The incident was "Irreversible".

Seriously, I have to say that was one of the best performances I've ever seen. The pain and horror she went through and the way her life completely changed forever, in the span of 8 minutes, was so convincing. Excellent film.

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Yeah, see, I agree with this. Ignorance just shocks me anyhow, I suppose.

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She was kind of inspired by that dream she had and the anger she experienced with Marcus. Plus a prostitute told her it is safer than taking a taxi and she didn't really see any reason to disagree. And maybe she kind of felt curious if she could walk in and out of the tunnel that nothing really terrible would happen. I don't think she had any idea that she would come across a psychotic pimp who would then manage to sexually assault and almost nearly kill her.

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Seriously why walk under there at night?


Literally, to get to the other side.

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Eeeehhh, this guy...

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Are you blaming her for getting raped?!

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More for a lack of awareness and common sense, I'd say.

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She was probably too pissed off at her BF after the fight to think clearly. Plus, that dumb broad told her it was better to go that way, so she assumed it was safe.

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